DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0245Z May 08, 2012
Florida Keys/Cuba: An area of thin density aerosol was visible moving to the north during the day from western Cuba across the western Florida Keys. This aerosol is believed to be remnant smoke from fires in Cuba, but it cannot be verified that this is truly the source. Northern Mexico: Numerous fires over western and northern Mexico were responsible for a number of thin to moderately dense smoke plumes which moved in a northeasterly direction toward southwestern Texas. Southwestern Nevada/Southeastern California: A narrow swath of thin density blowing dust was seen moving to the southwest from a point source in Esmeralda County of southwestern Nevada. The dust crossed over the border and into southeastern California by early in the evening. Baja/Western Mexico: Streaks of thin density aerosol were detected moving to the northeast from the eastern Pacific across Baja and over northern Mexico. This aerosol was believed to be remnant dust which has been transported across the Pacific. JS Earlier This Morning... Dust: Northern Plains and Canada: An area of presumed thin dust is seen this morning over southern Saskatchewan curling to the southeast across northeast Montana into North Dakota behind a broad area of low pressure centered over Lake Winnipeg. Ruminski THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov